Nanotechnologies for Future Mobile Devices

Explore the potential for nanotechnologies to transform future mobile and Internet communications. Based on a research collaboration between Nokia Helsinki University of Technology and the University of Cambridge here leading researchers review the current state-of-the art and future prospects for: • Novel multifunctional materials dirt repellent self-healing surface materials and lightweight structural materials capable of adapting their shape • Portable energy storage using supercapacitor-battery hybrids based on new materials including carbon nanohorns and porous electrodes fuel cell technologies energy harvesting and more efficient solar cells • Electronics and computing advances reaching beyond IC scaling limits new computing approaches and architectures embedded intelligence and future memory technologies. • Nanoscale transducers for mechanical optical and chemical sensing sensor signal processing and nanoscale actuation • Nanoelectronics to create ultrafast and adaptive electronics for future radio technologies • Flat panel displays with greater robustness improved resolution brightness and contrast and mechanical flexibility • Manufacturing and innovation processes plus commercialization of nanotechnologies.